FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet HOWE TO THE HALL Mark Howe was making the one-hour drive from his beach house in Beach Haven, N.J., to his home in Jackson, N.J., on Tuesday…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet While the Rangers tried to peddle Evgeny Grachev for a year before trading the forward to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday, they have no interest in…

GREAT NEWS FOR WHALE FANS

The Connecticut Whale announced today that they are going to be broadcasting EVERY game this season on WCCC-FM. The radio deals that the team has had the past couple of…

GRACHEV SENT PACKING

We hate to say we told you so, but we told you so. For all they press attention that surrounded Evgeny Grachev, repeatedly Howlings readers were told that it was…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet Veteran right wing Jeremy Williams, the Connecticut Whale’s leading goal scorer and only AHL All-Star last season, won’t be returning to Hartford. The 27-year-old Williams wasn’t offered…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet An estimated 5,000 fans lined the streets of Binghamton, N.Y., on Wednesday to celebrate the city’s first pro hockey title. Few enjoyed it more than two men…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet The Binghamton Senators hadn’t even qualified for the Calder Cup playoffs the past five seasons, but Tuesday night they had extra incentive to win their first AHL…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

BY: Bruce Berlet Good news and bad news today on the “used to be on the local hockey market scene.” First, the Phoenix Coyotes, who are NOT moving to Winnipeg,…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

I can only imagine what it was like inside the Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Saturday night. I might have been more than 2,000 miles away, but I’m not afraid…

FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET

The Binghamton Senators moved within one victory of their first Calder Cup title Saturday night, but they’ll have to win it on the road. Former Hartford Wolf Pack center Corey…